SRINAGAR: Ladakh lieutenant governor VK Saxena introduced Sunday Rs 15 lakh compensation for the following of kin of every of the 4 protesters killed in police firing throughout violent protests in Leh on Sept 24 final 12 months.The firing left round 90 protesters wounded as demonstrations demanding statehood and constitutional safeguards below Schedule Six for the Union territory turned violent. “An ex gratia of Rs 3 lakh for these with main accidents and Rs 1 lakh for minor accidents has additionally been authorized,” Saxena stated.
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The LG thanked Union residence minister Amit Shah for his “delicate, humanitarian and guiding strategy”, saying he had “at all times stood in solidarity with the victims and their households”.Leh Apex Physique co-chairperson Chering Dorjay Lakrook had repeatedly sought compensation for victims throughout conferences with the house ministry. After a Sept 9 assembly this 12 months, Ladakh teams stated Centre had assured them it could withdraw circumstances towards these arrested throughout final 12 months’s protests and supply compensation to victims and wounded protesters.Authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in Leh after the violence, suspended cellular web and arrested greater than 80 folks. FIRs have been registered towards 87, together with activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was charged below NSA and stored in Jodhpur jail till March this 12 months.